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The Blue Dog Dems are in danger

By Robert Reich — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

If Congress doesn't go after unemployment, some conservative Democrats are going to lose their jobs

Stimulus at work: Berkeley's SolarMap

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

From Obama's signature to my laptop: A cool way to calculate the cost/benefit of solar for my very own home

Why Wall Street booms while Main Street suffers

By Robert Reich — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

Consumers can't buy, and businessmen cry socialism, but the government is keeping money moving and the Dow strong

Majority thinks stimulus isn't working

By Alex Koppelman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

Bad news for President Obama: Americans aren't wild about one of his biggest domestic initiatives

Blowing jobs to China

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

How screwed up is U.S. energy policy? A wind farm in Texas might get stimulus money to buy Chinese technology

The Chinese monorail to Mecca

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

From New York City to Saudia Arabia, China's construction industry is flexing muscles of steel

Why George Will shouldn't be mocking the stimulus

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

Economic growth could be on a serious rebound. If so, new hiring will follow

Still breathing: Cash for Clunkers

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

The government's incentive program may have had a lasting effect on what kinds of cars Americans are buying

The incredible shrinking budget deficit

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

Down we go -- from $1.8 trillion to $1.6 to $1.4. And if the stimulus keeps working, the numbers will improve more

Time for a second stimulus?

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

If at first you don't succeed, spend, spend again

How did the stimulus get so small?

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

Krugman warned us that Obama's rescue plan wasn't big enough. But Larry Summers decided to play it safe

How to spin the stimulus

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

In one corner, the White House's Christina Romer. In the other, the WSJ Op-Ed page. It's a 12-rounder, for sure

Cash for Clunkers fizzles out

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

After a rosy August, September's auto sales numbers revert to plain old horrible

China powers up

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

Proof positive that Keynesian fiscal stimulus works: Chinese electricity production just hit an all-time high

The Chicago school: Bloody but unbowed

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

The urge to fiscal stimulus is like a frightened child's desperate yearning for a mother's care, says one economist

The Cash-for-Clunkers report card

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

Ford and Toyota get As. GM and Chrysler fail. The overall economy? An incomplete

The budget deficit: It's the economy, stupid

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

War, Bush's tax cuts, TARP, the stimulus -- they all add up. But the real killer is the recession

Inflation hawks never sleep

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

It's never too early to start thinking about shutting down the stimulus, says Richmond Fed president Jeffrey Lacker

The lesson of 1937: Stimulate now, or pay later

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

Inflation hawks want Obama to cut off the spigot. Why aren't they focusing on the real deficit-buster: Healthcare?

Did John McCain blink on Cash for Clunkers?

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

Last Friday, lots of tough talk about filibuster. But by Tuesday, the GOP had all but declared surrender

Will Cash for Clunkers hurt poor people?

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

As old gas guzzlers get demolished, critics warn that prices for used cars will rise

Why does the GOP want to stop Cash for Clunkers?

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

Republican Senators want evidence of reduced fuel emissions. Since when did they become environmentalists?

Cash for Clunkers: The successful failure

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

Environmentalists don't like it, and neither does the right. But it's still working just fine

The stimulus is working

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

Shocker: Fiscal juicing stops economic free fall. Plus: Why more tax cuts would be the wrong medicine

Caterpillar: The stimulus addict

By Andrew Leonard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:11:00 PST

Got a highway to pave, in Brazil or China? Caterpillar is there for you